Roller cleaning apparatus for liquid printer
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKyung-Hwan Kim
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Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning a roller for a liquid printer includes a first cleaning unit and second cleaning unit. Foreign materials adhering on the transfer roller are removed from the surface of the transfer roller and transferred to the cleaning roller of the first cleaning unit. A cleaning web of the second cleaning unit is used for removing foreign materials from the surface of the cleaning roller of the first cleaning unit. The surface of the transfer roller is prevented from contamination. Also, the transfer roller can transfer clear images to the paper.
Claims20
An apparatus in a printers comprising:
- a drying roller disposed to contact a photoreceptor belt bearing a transferrable image, liquid material, and foreign material, said foreign not material not forming part of said transferrable image, removing said liquid material and said foreign material not forming part of said transferrable image from the photoreceptor belt without removing said transferrable image from said photoreceptor belt;
- a cleaning roller having a heater and an absorbing layer, contacting said during roller and vaporizing said liquid material attached to a surface of said drying rollers and transferring said foreign material attached to said surface of said drying roller to said absorbing layer of said cleaning roller;
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- a cleaning unit having a cleaning web contacting said cleaning roller and removing said foreign material from said absorbing layer of said cleaning roller by transferring said foreign material transferred from said absorbing layer of said cleaning roller to said cleaning web.
An apparatus in a printer, comprising:
- a drying roller disposed to contact a photoreceptor belt carrying a transferrable image, liquid material, and foreign material, removing from said photoreceptor belt said liquid material and said foreign material without removing said transferrable image from said photoreceptor belt;
- a cleaning roller having an absorbing layer disposed to contact a surface of said drying roller and a heater mounted inside of said cleaning roller, vaporizing said liquid material attached to said surface of said drying roller by using heat generated from said heater, and transferring said foreign material attached to said surface of said drying roller to said absorbing layer of said cleaning roller;
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- a cleaning unit having a cleaning web disposed to contact said absorbing layer of said cleaning roller, removing said foreign material from said absorbing layer of said cleaning roller and transferring said foreign material transferred from said absorbing layer of said cleaning roller to said cleaning web.
The apparatus of claim 18, wherein said absorbing layer of said cleaning roller is made of a material selected from the group consisting of acetal, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), and nylons-based.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.